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Question 20091044
Inquiry Details
References:
2007 SEER Manual, 185, 187
Question:
Radiation Therapy: Would tomotherapy, described as targeted IMRT, be coded as external beam?
Discussion:
Answer:
Code tomotherapy as 1 [Beam radiation].
Tomotherapy is external beam radiation therapy. It is a type of IMRT. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is an advanced mode of high-precision radiotherapy that utilizes computer-controlled x-ray accelerators to deliver radiation. Tomotherapy is a CT image guided IMRT.
Cancer Site Category:
N/A
Data Item Category:
Radiation Therapy
Other Category:
N/A
Year:
2009
